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10 Intriguing DC Movies That Were Never Made

Currently, we're seeing more comic book movies being produced than ever before – but there are still an enormous amount that have slipped through the net over the years and failed to get made. For instance, because starring as Green Lantern and Deadpool clearly isn’t enough superhero roles for one man, Ryan Reynolds was also at one point set to play The Flash in a movie based on a David Goyer script. After years in development hell, The Flash movie is now about to be made as part of the DC Extended Universe, though with Ezra Miller in the role of Barry Allen.

5) Batman Unchained

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Although we’re all agreed that ending the 1990s Batman franchise with Batman & Robin was a good idea, it’s intriguing to think what the mooted third movie from Joel Schumacher would have consisted of. While fans might know the proposed film as Batman Triumphant, it has recently come to light that it would actually have been called Batman Unchained.

Funnily enough, just as Batman Begins would do several years later, Unchained would have featured the Scarecrow, a role which was offered to Nicolas Cage. The movie would have also have featured Harley Quinn, as played by Courtney Love.

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Here, Harley was the Joker’s daughter out for revenge against Batman. In what would have been a mouth-watering moment for fans, Schumacher hoped to get every previous villain – including Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito and Michelle Pfeiffer – back for the climax where Batman hallucinates due to Scarecrow’s fear gas.

Given how the previous film turned out it seems a tad unlikely but, who knows, Batman Unchained could have rescued Schumacher’s take on Batman…

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